Forget the delivery drones and TV deals. Jeff Bezos’ stealthy foray into the unsexy world of B2B distribution is likely his most disruptive move yet — and it has an $8 trillion swath of the economy running scared.
In recent months global Internet retail behemoth Amazon.com has green-lit six new original TV shows, announced an online streaming deal with HBO and tested same-day grocery delivery on the West Coast.
Up next? Possibly a smartphone. And, if billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos has his way, packages dropped off by unmanned drone.
But there’s one thing Bezos hasn’t been talking about: AmazonSupply, an e-commerce site targeting the unsexy but hugely lucrative wholesale and distribution market. His silence is especially surprising as the site has the potential to turn into the most important development in the company’s history since it started selling books. Yet Bezos has uttered only 28 words in public–ever–about Amazon Supply, describing it in passing as “an incredible category” during the company’s 2012 annual meeting.
http://www.forbes.com/
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Amazon plans to launch Project Kuiper, a network of 3,236 small satellites to create an interconnected network that beams high-speed internet to anywhere on Earth. Morgan Stanley estimates Project Kuiper represents as much as a ”$100 billion opportunity.” The firm’s estimate is based on its expectation that the space economy…
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Amazon is offering its warehouse employees up to $5,000 to quit their jobs, even as the company is in the process of adding workers and locations. The "Pay to Quit" program, which was announced by CEO Jeff Bezos in his letter to shareholders late Thursday, is an effort to make…
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Publicis CEO Maurice Levy's last-ditch offer to let Omnicom chief John Wren be CEO couldn't save the $35 billion deal to create the world's largest advertising company. http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/
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This is a story about ARM Holdings (ARMH), the mobile technology company. But before it gets going, here are a few things you need to know: 1. ARM is a company made up mostly of chip engineers. They design parts of chips—such as graphics and communication bits—and they design entire…
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Alibaba’s recently announced $16 billion IPO has VentureBeat reporters scratching our collective head: Why weren’t more U.S. growth funds involved in Alibaba’s rise to domination?
Alibaba has a hand in every game imaginable: Social networking, payments, travel, online commerce, and dozens more. Its own list of investments rivals that of any major VC firm.
But somehow, while one U.S. private equity firm (Silver Lake Partners) and Yahoo participated in the mega-giant’s funding, most American firms sat it out.
http://venturebeat.com/
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China's leading e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, is dangling a deal that might turn into one of the most significant IPOs in U.S.A history. In a long-awaited move, Alibaba submitted papers for a first public offering of stock hoping to raise at least $1 billion, and dependent upon investor demand for…
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Follow up of my post on BIG COMPANIES NOW HAVE A HAND IN THE COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY Here is one picture.
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Why do we say so ? Easy money policies of recent years could lead to big problems. Warning indicators like the significant number of original general public offerings of organizations that are unprofitable, and substantial degrees of financial debt issued to firms, often with weak credit score.
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Publicis CEO Maurice Levy’s last-ditch offer to let Omnicom chief John Wren be CEO couldn’t save the $35 billion deal to create the world’s largest advertising company.
http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/
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This is a story about ARM Holdings (ARMH), the mobile technology company. But before it gets going, here are a few things you need to know: 1. ARM is a company made up mostly of chip engineers. They design parts of chips—such as graphics and communication bits—and they design entire…
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Greek debt tracker As the government in Athens haggles with its lenders over economic reforms,Greece is running out of money. Here is what it owes in the upcoming months. http://www.ft.com/ig/sites/2015/greek-debt-monitor/
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In an exclusive excerpt from his upcoming shareholder letter, Warren Buffett looks back at a pair of real estate purchases and the lessons they offer for equity investors. By Warren Buffett http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/02/24/warren-buffett-berkshire-letter/
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The term “impact investing” was first coined at a convening hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation at Bellagio Conference Center. Seven years later, the Rockefeller Foundation are proud that impact investments are punching bigger than the weight of those two words, providing a vibrant and viable option for investors looking to generate both financial return and make social or environmental impact.
The new e-book hit the digital shelves, “The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good.”
http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org
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Warren Buffett published his 2013 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday. In it, he bulleted six "fundamentals of investing." Not only is Buffett the most successful investor in history. He also shares his wisdom in an approachable and entertaining manner. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-best-quotes-shareholder-letters-2014-3
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The market does not run on chance or luck. Like the battlefield, it runs on probabilities and odds. David Dreman (1936-) In the realm of investing, the notion that success stems from luck or random chance is a myth that has been debunked by many of the world's most successful investors.…
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It used quite a stir when on Friday, Mr. Gross, the legendary co-founder and manager of investments in the firm announced his retreat from the post. Is this a logical and reasonable succession in the harsh world of bonds and investments? According to the media and his colleagues at PIMCO,…
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Alibaba’s recently announced $16 billion IPO has VentureBeat reporters scratching our collective head: Why weren’t more U.S. growth funds involved in Alibaba’s rise to domination? Alibaba has a hand in every game imaginable: Social networking, payments, travel, online commerce, and dozens more. Its own list of investments rivals that of any major…
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Follow up of my post on BIG COMPANIES NOW HAVE A HAND IN THE COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY Here is one picture.
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Greek debt tracker As the government in Athens haggles with its lenders over economic reforms,Greece is running out of money. Here is what it owes in the upcoming months. http://www.ft.com/ig/sites/2015/greek-debt-monitor/
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This is a story about ARM Holdings (ARMH), the mobile technology company. But before it gets going, here are a few things you need to know: 1. ARM is a company made up mostly of chip engineers. They design parts of chips—such as graphics and communication bits—and they design entire…
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